Chapter 19

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All four of them were speechless to find that it was riti standing in front of them...
though in the darkness her face was not visible still each of the four could feel the heat of anger she had
Riti:KAUN HO TUM SAB AUR MUJHE DARAANE KI KOSHISH KYUN KI?
As the four were not in their get-ups riti didnt recognise them
Dharam and veer exchanged side glances while raksha and nivi just stood there petrified
Dharam:Ji vo darasal hum yahan naye naye..
Dharam was speaking continuosly and riti was distracted towards him meanwhile veer walked slowly and silently behind riti.
he picked up a small log of wood and hit riti on her head..the blow wasenough to make her unconcious..
all this happened in a moment such that raksha and nivi were still not in a positin to speak
Both dharam and veer laughed and gave one other a high-5
Dharam:Nivedita kya hua?
Nivi:Vo ye sab itni jaldi hua ki hum kuch samajh hi nahi paaye
Dharam(smiles):Par ab sab theek hai
Veer:Kyun gussail badi taakat ki baat kar rahi thi..aur ab kya ho gaya
Raksha:Zyada akadne ki koi zaroorat nahi hai..tumne to is aurat ko lakdi se maara..main to isse apne haathon ki taakat se behosh kar deti
Veer:Achcha to phir aisa kiya kyun nahi..jab isne humme roka to ktna dar gayi thi tum(laughs)
Raksha:Main dar gayi thi..main..shayad tum nahin jaante par raksha na kabhi kisi se darti hai aur naa hi kabhi haarti hai
Veer:Aur veer ne bhi humesha jeetna hi seekha hai
Raksha:Kabhi mauka milega na to tumhe kisi mukaable mein to zaroor haraongi..tumhari saari akad mitti mein na mila di to mera naam raksha nahi
Veer:Waise bhi tumhara naam raksha nahi gussail hi hona chahiye..
on the other hand
Dharam and nivi had their own convo.
Dharam:In dono ko jhagadne se kabhi fursat hi nahi milti
Nivi(smiles and stares at the fighting pair):Par kya tumhe inke khagdne mein pyaar nazar nahi aata?
Back to Veer and raksha
Veer:...to phir theek hai is baat ka faisla abhi kar lein ki hum dono mein se behtar kaun hai..hum yahan se us ped(tree)tak daud lagayenge aur jo jeeta
Raksha:Vo behtar hoga...manjoor hai
Veer:Mujhe bhi
Both of them shake hands and 1..2..3...run
Raksha and veer run in their full speed to reach the destination while dharam and nivi were just amazed at how childish could their friend be
Raksha's leg was hurt and it was paining a lot but she wouldnt stop
On the way veer took the lead..as he wasober taking raksha he turned to look at her confident face which now showed some signs of being in agony
Suddenly he tripped over a pebble and by the time he could control his balance raksha had already crossed him and reached the destination
She looked so very delighted
And came back to veer
Raksha:Kyun veer kaun hai behtar
Veer didnt say anything he was too busy admiring the happy girl
Raksha:Waise tum bhi achcha daure
Nivi and dharam arrived there
Dharam:Tum theek to ho na veer
Veer:Haan..main theek hoon
Nivi:Chalo ab humme apne apne tamboo mein jaana chahiye..
All of them went back to their resp. tents and changed themselves into their disguised characters
In the morining
Ladies' tent..all the women surrounded riti as she was naraating her last night incident
Riti(sobbing and her hand On her head):Maaji aap kal raat kahan chalin gayin thi
Nivi:Hum to yahin so rahe the
Riti:Par aapne hi to mujhe jungle mein bheja tha
Nivi:Nahin to humne aisa kuch nahin iya aap ko koi galat fehmi
Riti:Arrey aisi kaisi galat fehmi..mujhe achchi tarah yaad hai ki kal raat aap hi mujhe maa kaali se milaane le gayin thi
Nivi was unable to rescue herself when veer interrupted
Veer:Arre riti ji,aapko koi bura sapna aaya hoga
Riti:Bura sapna?
Veer:Haan..aisa hota hai..pata hai meri mausi ka ladka tha na uske saath bhi kuch aisa hi hua tha(all the women gasped and veer continued his narration)..usse bhi aisa hi sapna aaya tha aur usne bhi aapki tarah ye baat sabko bata di aur phir..aur phir(sounding scared)
Riti(terrified):Aur phir kya hua..sapna
Veer:Aur phir..uski maut ho gayi
This time nivi also gasped with others..
Veer:Isliye aapke liye achcha yahi hoga ki aap in sapnon ko bhool jaayein aur apna poora dhyaan shiv ji ki bhakti mein laga dein
Riti(sweating):Shukriya sapna beti..ab main aisa hi karoongi
Now all the pilgrims left the kaali temple
They were now moving towards the shiv temple-their destination
On the way
Dharam(to veer):Veer kal raat tum bahut achcha daude
Veer:Dharam..ab mujhe chidao(tease)mat
Dharam:Nahin..hum tumhe chidha nahin rahein hain..ye hak to sirf tumhari raksha ka hai
Veer:Dharam..ye raksha meri kab se ho gayi
Dharam:Jab se tum usse jaanboojhkar haarne lage
Veer(surprised):Kya..kya matlab
Dharam:Matlab ye ki hum apne bhai ko achchi tarah se jaante hain..vo kabhi kisi se nahi haarta par kal raat tum daud sirf isliye haare kyunki tum raksha ke chehre par khushi dekhna chahte the..
Veer(interrupting):Dekho dharam...
Dharam:Humme kehne do veer..yehi sach hai
Veer:Par main aisa kyun karoonga?
Dharam:Kyunki tumhe raksha se pyaar ho gaya hai
Veer:Muje pyaar..aur vo bhi raksha se..kabhi nahi..
Dharam:Humme pata tha tum kabhi nahi maanoge..
And then he walked away from veer to join nivi
After walking for the whole day the devotees reached their destination at last..
The head of the male devotees spoke
"hum shiv ji ke mandir pahunch gaye hain...ab sabhi purush apne-apne tamboo ke samaan yahan se le jaayein aur apne tamboo khud hi gaadenge(set their own tents),bolo bholenath ki"
"JAI"
Riti was the womens' chief she spoke:Jab tak sbahi prush apne apne tamboo gadte hain hum aurtein khana saath milkar banayengi
On the male side
Dhram:Raksha tum chinta mat karo hum tumhe tamboo gadna sikha denge
Raksha smiled
When both raksha and dharam aboyt to set their tent..one of the men shouted
"Arrey mahesh apne pitaji se is umr mein kaam karwaoge..unhe aaram karne do.."
Dharam:Nahin..hum theek hain
Raksha:Pitaji aap jaaiye hum ye saara kaam kar lenge
Dharam:Par..
But raksha was not in a mood to listen to him
Reluctantly dharam sat on a carpet and was more than surprised to see that raksha was capable of setting the tent like a proffesional on her own
After some time with a help of some men raksha set the tent
Inside the tent
Dharam:Raksha tumne ye sab kahan se seekha
Raksha:Aapki nivi se(smiles)
Dharam blushes:Humme nahin pata tha ki tumhe ye sab bhi aata hai
Raksha:Aapki behen ko aur bhi bahut se kaam aate hain..bhaiya
While on the ladies side
Riti:Ye lo sapna tum karele ki sabzi banao
Veer:KARELA...
Riti:Kyun kya hua
Veer:Nahin bas yuhin
Riti left to look after the other women
Nivi:Veer hum tumhari madat..
Riti(interrupted):Maji aapko halwa bana to aata hi hai na
Nivi:Haan
Riti:To chaliye..maine sabse keh diya hai ki halwa to aapke hi haathon ka khayenge
Nivi:Par hum vo..
Riti:Chaliye na..
Nivi left veer reluctantl
After she was done with the halwa business,nivi came back to veer
Nivi:Veer zara der lag gayi..lao hum khana bana dein
Veer:bhabhi bataiye ye sabzi kaisi bani hai
Nivi(after tasting):Bahut achchi bani hai..kisne banai
veer:Maine aur kisne
Nivi was shocked to hear this
Veer(smiled):Maa ne sikhaya tha..bachpan mein(he smiles in a shy manner)
Now the tents were set and each family was given one tent
Riti:Sapna tum khana lekar apne tamboo mein jao muje maaji ko halwa chakhana hai
Veer leaves
In the tent
Veer:Wah kya tambu khada kiya hai dharam
Dharam:Ye tamboo humne nahi raksha ne khada kiya hai
Veer:Raksha ne....to phir raksha kamaal kar diya
Raksha:theek hai theek hai..ab batao khane mein kya hai
Veer:Khud hi dekh lo
He serves them food
Raksha:Isme se tumne kya banaya
Veer:Ye karele ki sabzi
Raksha tastes the karele ki sabzi first..
Immediately nivi enters(tensed)"Veer raksha ko karela mat khane dena"
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